Sunday-morning gospel television viewing ('church before church')

CTL-E-1315 · Practice · other · 1963–1984

PROVISIONAL evidence grade of this record

Watching Black gospel music television on Sunday mornings as a household ritual preceding or substituting for church attendance.

Notes

Merged into canonical KG 2026-10-03 from LIFE-001; source entity IDs: CTL-DR-LIFE-001:CTL-LIFE-E-052; source research type(s): practice.

Sources

LA Sentinel, 'Historic Footage Airs on Jubilee Showcase Anniversary Show' (2013)
Jubilee Showcase DVD/collector description (YouTube metadata, mirroring Ordower archive materials)
Gospel television study (orbi.uliege.be, University of Liège repository)

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